ST. GILES CHARITY ESTATES

Registered charity 1205453 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £166,946, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £528,000 (equivalent to six months of unrestricted expenditure). Despite this shortfall, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties, supported by sufficient budgeted income and expenditure levels for the next 12 months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months unrestricted expenditure (held: £167k)
“The Trustees consider an ideal level of reserves to be at least the equivalent of six months unrestricted expenditure, which is approximately £528,000” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Phipps Henson McAllister. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£22k
Reserves (reported)
£4.6m
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~52.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.0m£1.1m
31/12/2024£982k£1.0m

Common questions

Is ST. GILES CHARITY ESTATES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £166,946, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £528,000 (equivalent to six months of unrestricted expenditure). Despite this shortfall, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties, supported by sufficient budgeted income and expenditure levels for the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Phipps Henson McAllister.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST. GILES CHARITY ESTATES£1.0m—1unclear—no doubt
ST GILES TRUST FY2025£22.4m——below—no doubt
THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST FY2024£181k—0above—no doubt
THE CHARITY OF WILLIAM WILLIAMS FY2025£596k—0above—no doubt
EMES FOUNDATION FY2025£396k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ZACCHAEUS 2000 TRUST FY2024£956k£70,001 - £80,0001within—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.